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==<font color="purple">The Larynx Flashcards</font>==
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!width="400"|'''Question'''
!width="400"|'''Answer'''
!width="150"|'''Article'''
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|<big>'''What type of joints link the cartilages of the larynx?'''
||<font color="white"> <big>
*'''''Synovial joints'''''
||[[Larynx - Anatomy & Physiology#Structure|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What type muscle (smooth, skeletal or cardiac) are the intrinsic muscles of the larynx?'''
||<font color="white"> <big>
*'''''Skeletal'''''
||[[Larynx - Anatomy & Physiology#Structure|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''Name the cartilages of the larynx?'''
||<font color="white"> <big>
*'''''Throid'''''
*'''''Cricoid'''''
*'''''Arytenoid'''''
*'''''Epiglottic'''''
||[[Larynx - Anatomy & Physiology#Throid Cartilage|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
|-
|<big>'''Which cartilage is made out of elastic cartilage?'''
||<font color="white"> <big>
*'''''Epiglottic cartilage'''''
||[[Larynx - Anatomy & Physiology#Epiglottic Cartilage|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What type of cartilage are the other cartilages of the larynx?'''
||<font color="white"> <big>
*'''''Hyaline'''''
||[[Larynx - Anatomy & Physiology#Throid Cartilage|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What are the vocal folds and vestibular folds made from?'''
||<font color="white"> <big>
*'''''Elastic ligaments'''''
||[[Larynx - Anatomy & Physiology#Vocal Folds|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What does the cricothyroid muscle do?'''
||<font color="white"> <big>
*'''''Moves cricoid and arytenoid cartilages caudally'''''
*'''''Tenses vocal folds'''''
||[[Larynx - Anatomy & Physiology#Intrinsic Musculature|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
|-
|<big>'''What does the dorsal cricothyroid muscle do?'''
||<font color="white"> <big>
*'''''Abducts vocal folds'''''
*'''''Widens glottis'''''
||[[Larynx - Anatomy & Physiology#Intrinsic Musculature|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
|-
|<big>'''What does the lateral cricothyroid muscle do?'''
||<font color="white"> <big>
*'''''Narrows the glottis'''''
*'''''Adducts vocal folds'''''
||[[Larynx - Anatomy & Physiology#Intrinsic Musculature|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
|-
|<big>'''What is the innervation of the larynx?'''
||<font color="white"> <big>
*'''''Cranial laryngeal nerve (branch of the vagus (CN X)'''''
*'''''Caudal laryngeal nerve (branch of the vagus (CN X)'''''
||[[Larynx - Anatomy & Physiology#Innervation|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
|-
|<big>'''What is the vasculature of the larynx?'''
||<font color="white"> <big>
*'''''Laryngeal branch of superior thyroid artery'''''
*'''''Laryngeal branch of inferior thyroid artery'''''
*'''''Laryngeal branch of cricoarytenoid artery'''''
||[[Larynx - Anatomy & Physiology#Vasculature|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''Name two species which have very sensitive laryngeal mucosa'''
||<font color="white"> <big>
*'''''Pigs'''''
*'''''Cats'''''
||[[Larynx - Anatomy & Physiology#Feline|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''True or false: Birds have an epiglottis'''
||<font color="white"> <big>
*'''''False'''''
||[[Larynx - Anatomy & Physiology#Avian|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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